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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Dirty Thirty Weekend

This weekend we have two 30th birthdays to attend. Last night was Corey's brother in laws birthday and we had a small gathering and a pizza party at their house. I was asked to bake a cake shaped like the number 30. My only provision was that it had to be chocolate.

I made a chocolate mudcake (recipe from Crabapple Bakery) and covered it with a basic buttercream. I was going to make chocolate buttercream but I ran out of cocoa so vanilla had to do. Then I covered in smarties! Now just a word of warning if anyone thinks of doing this I used 4 family sized bags of smarties. That's a lot of smarties to separate into colours then place one by one on a cake. It took forever!!!!

But the birthday boy was very happy with it when we arrived so that made all the time and effort well worth it. Happy Birthday Benny Boy!!!

Looks fab! Bet it tasted great too. Did it take forever to cover it in smarties? They look amazing in rainbow stripes. My mum did a similar thing for one of my boys birthdays, but she just randomly stuck the colours on.

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I am a twenty something girl who just married the love of her life! I sew, bake, knit and crochet. I am a dog person, a cupcake fanatic and a dreamer. I love anything vintage/retro inspired. This is my blog. Enjoy!